Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-31

turned away without pre- uQlce 10 the
aims Of the police. He was called up &C
cordingly, his wages were paid, and he
was informed that the bank had made
arrangements which would compel them
to dispense with his services.
This proceeding had the effect which
the Inspector had 10 jked for. Without
putting Shevelin on his guard (for he had
by this time become persuaded that he
wsS safe from pursuit) it disturbed and
angered him, and by way of easing his
mind he began to drink to excess.
Every other device of "shadowing"
having been employed with indifferent
results, new experiment was now tried
with successful results. The law followed
Shevelin's footsteps in the shape of the
ubiquitous urchin of the streets-the
small boy with his careless whistle, his
omnivorous curiosity, his rowing DISPOSE
ton, his whip top, his marbles and his
untrammeled habits. This scrap of hu-
manity was instructed never to lose
sight OF the eX-watchman, and to report
where he went, whom he met and what
he said. The commission was accepted
with alaCrity and discharged with good
results.
Even the most;depraved persons retain
I :.
lessness OF. childhood and disarm them
elves in its presence, and 1t might seem
q pity to employ one of the best impulses
| remaining in criminal to convict him of
his worser one. But the operations Of
the detective police do not give much
rein to the sentiment. The boy bought
in daily reports, and every day the net Of
| evidence around the unconscious man
! re little n In 10 ton
| seasons he had perilous habit of NUT
tering and talking to himself. From
these mutterings it appeared that he con-
sidered himself WrOnged by some person
or Epersons in q pecuniary matter. He
had not been treated right; he had done
much and they had treated him shabbily {;
they were "playing him for sucker, :"
but he would have his rights. Evidently
the time was ripe for his arrest.
But the arrest was to be made less on
on Shevelin's personal account than as q
means of getting at his accomplices, for
it was the Inspectors belief that he had
neither committed the burglary himself,
nor held in his possession any consider
able portion of the funds; the main OBJ
ject in securing him was to induce him to
give up the names of the active perpetre-
tors. The possibility of bringing them tc
justice rested principally upon the CON
tingencysof Sheyelin's ;tul MI g sate'5 eV:-
dence. Should he refuse to DO this, very
little practical good would result from
his capture. But Inspector Byrnes had
taken the measure of the mans character
: and he believed he could influence hin
} to make the desired revelation.
The arrest was effected on On evening
IN the latter part of February. Shevelir
had by this time grown so confident o
his safety that the rattle of the handcuf
on his wrists startled him almost a
: much as If he had indeed been as in
= nocent as he protested he was. No nois,
q or disturbance attended the capture
( which was made without the knowledg
8 of any one except the officers ard tn
:. prisoner himself. The necessity for thi
! secrecy WAS obvious. Were the fact tha
Z be had been taken into custody to les
n out, either through the newspapers o
" otherwise, it would seriously interfer
: with the results which were hoped fC
u from it. The thieves would tske tn
alarm and decamp, and the police woul
II De even worse OF thsn before. twas il
\ dispensable, therefore, not only to srres
d him quietly, but TO keep the event frol
K every one untl tha expected ccnfessic
e TGs obtsiDed.
: But a. this point new difficulty We
l. encountered. The Law in relation 70 81
g rested persons is that no prisoner can
kept more than t"en'y-f9ar hours wiz!
se gu :. heAc;cg. ME-, !nen, 7vG- S7egf
Of TO be taken into court without the rePO
le tiers getting wind of the fact, Afterson
t, consideration Inspector Byrnes W3nt
to Jefferson Market Police court and lad
re private interview With Justice MoPgs
is To him he confded the news of Shevelin
N capture, and it Was arranged between the
IN that the prisoner was to be brought uns
zt tentatiously before the Justice, the re
as afternoon, apparently as 'sinr
is drunk" The Justice was to d1senar
IL him reprims nd; but, once outside t
ID door, he WAS to be rearrest
be and carried back to the Cent?